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Finding Relief Through the Holidays
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Dec 16, 2002
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By Clara Hinton
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Category: For Family
Everything becomes painfully different for a family when a child dies. By including the deceased child in your holiday, and changing some holiday traditions, you can receive relief from some of the pain of loss.
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Getting Through the First Thanksgiving
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Nov 18, 2002
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By Clara Hinton
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Category: For Family
The first Thanksgiving without your child will be particularly painful. By including your child in the traditions of that holiday in some way, you will feel less empty. By validating your grief, you will take one more important step forward in healing.
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Who Takes Care of the Caregiver?
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Oct 22, 2002
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By Clara Hinton
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Category: For Family
Caregivers often get worn out and tired, feeling an added burden of stress. It is necessary for the caregiver to receive daily replenishment in order to stay healthy emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually.
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Helping A Child Develop Healing Rituals
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Aug 26, 2002
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By Clara Hinton
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Category: For Family
When a loss occurs in a family, children often hurt as much as parents, but they don't know how to get help. By creating healing rituals, your child can take great steps forward in this journey we call grief.
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How to Talk About Suicide to Children
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Feb 09, 2002
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By Clara Hinton
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Category: For Family
Suicide is a very complicated grief for children. They need their parents to talk to them about what happened on an age appropriate level, helping them to calm their fears and begin their long, difficult journey of grief.
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Will We Ever Laugh Again?
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Nov 29, 2001
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By Clara Hinton
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Category: For Family
Parents who have lost a child often wonder if they will ever feel laughter in their lives again. Laughter is a natural healing response, and in time laughter will return.
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Anger Is A Normal Response To Child Loss
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Nov 15, 2001
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By Clara Hinton
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Category: For Family
Anger is a parent's normal response to child loss. By being a supportive family, make allowances for anger, understanding that anger is temporary, and is one more step forward in a parent's grief.
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Alternative Rituals
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Oct 30, 2001
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By Clara Hinton
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Category: For Family
When a family experiences the death of a child, it can be healing to create alternative rituals for anniversaries and holidays. The new rituals are one more step forward in your difficult journey of grief.
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Schedule a Grief Break
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Oct 25, 2001
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By Clara Hinton
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Category: For Family
Grieving the loss of a child is the hardest work you will ever do. By scheduling a grief break, you give yourself and your family time away to gain new strength and the fresh hope of feeling normal again.
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Where Are My Friends?
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Oct 17, 2001
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By Clara Hinton
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Category: For Family
Child loss creates feelings of being very alone and having no friends. During those moments of loneliness, allow healing thoughts, Scriptures, and prayers to hold you up in your grief.
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